115, Lot: 318. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Berytus. Elagabalus. 218-222 AD. Æ 26mm (13.62 gm). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / COL [IVL] AV-G FEL, BER in exergue, arched gateway within which Marsyas standing right, holding wine-sack over shoulder; above, figure riding lion or panther right. BMC Phoenicia pg. 81, 192; SNG Copenhagen 117. VF, dark green patina, minor encrustation.

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection.